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Susan Smith, yoga teacher, spiritual guide and author of “The Power of Yoga” is a dedicated yoga practitioner. With over 30 years of education and experience in health, wellness, yoga, mindfulness and spiritual awakening she developed teacher training and immersion programs founded through her multi-disciplinary studies. Susan founded One-Yoga, a holistic health and wellness institute dedicated to improving the quality of life by sharing the deep personal work and practical approach of yogic principles and practice. Her approach to yoga is founded in the Eight-Limbed Path of Yoga and Vedanta philosophy. Susan is considered the “teacher of teachers” and shares her vision, passion, and practicality with students worldwide. She has had the privilege of studying with many knowledgeable teachers; she honors each one and their contributions to her teaching. Susan holds a MSM in Health Care, MYI & ERYT in Yoga Instruction, and MRT in Usui Reiki.

One Yoga YTT – What I learned, by Jessica Ingham

By: Susan Smith | September 16, 2019

It’s hard to put
into words how much YTT changed my life. Through the training, I learned poses,
proper alignment, how to use visual language to direct another person’s body,
how to use guiding touch, and about the history and purpose of yoga. But all of
that, however important, pales in comparison to the greatest lessons I learned.
For the first time in my life, I learned how to be fully myself.

Before YTT, I felt
like I was doing all the things I was supposed to in life, but something always
felt like it was missing. There was an underlying uneasiness that said I wasn’t
living the life I was supposed to be living. I felt off track and like I might
scream at the top of my lungs at any second if that could just shake up my day
and change my course. But I couldn’t figure out what my problem was and where I
was going so wrong.

I had moments of
clarity in my own home yoga practice, which was sporadic and relied on YouTube
videos. The call was there in my heart to pursue yoga more, though, and I felt
a pull to become a teacher. So, when YTT began, I expected to learn all about
yoga so that I could teach. I didn’t expect to learn about me. I didn’t expect
to learn all the ways I had sabotaged myself in the past, all the ways I had
been unloving towards myself, and all the ways I was blocking my own blessings.
I didn’t expect to walk into a room and have a mirror placed directly in front
of me where I could no longer hide from the realities of my own life.

One of the biggest realities I had to face
up to were the walls in my heart that I had constructed. Before YTT, I thought
walls were what made someone strong. I thought if someone’s walls were high
enough that someone else could never hurt them, then that was the strongest
person of all. I could not have been more wrong. YTT has a way of tearing walls
down, and as I saw my own begin to topple one by one, I began to notice that a little
more light came in where each wall once stood. I learned that those walls I had
built to protect myself did a lot more than keep other people out. They also
served to keep me trapped within. I wanted so badly to connect with others, and
YTT taught me that connection with others is not possible through walls. It
taught me that if I really want to see the light in another person, I had to be
willing to let them see my own.

In YTT, I learned how to be vulnerable, I
learned how to openly cry and grieve, and I learned how to see and be seen. I
learned that, not only is vulnerability beautiful, but it takes strength I
never knew I had. Some days, I felt like I might literally fall apart, but
still I lowered the walls, each time allowing more light to come in.
Perhaps my “what I’ve learned” is on the esoteric side. But that’s
really the heart of my experience. The practical matters have helped me
immensely as I’ve begun my journey instructing others, but it’s the personal
ones that meant the most. It’s the skills that taught me how to be authentic,
how to live my truth, and how to love and be loved for the first time in my
life. They’re the priceless things that can’t be learned from a book and can’t
be faked, and I think they’re the true skills that are going to make me a great
teacher.

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About Susan Smith

Susan Smith, yoga teacher, spiritual guide and author of “The Power of Yoga” is a dedicated yoga practitioner. With over 30 years of education and experience in health, wellness, yoga, mindfulness and spiritual awakening she developed teacher training and immersion programs founded through her multi-disciplinary studies.

Susan founded One-Yoga, a holistic health and wellness institute dedicated to improving the quality of life by sharing the deep personal work and practical approach of yogic principles and practice. Her approach to yoga is founded in the Eight-Limbed Path of Yoga and Vedanta philosophy.

Susan is considered the “teacher of teachers” and shares her vision, passion, and practicality with students worldwide. She has had the privilege of studying with many knowledgeable teachers; she honors each one and their contributions to her teaching. Susan holds a MSM in Health Care, MYI & ERYT in Yoga Instruction, and MRT in Usui Reiki.

One-Yoga is a spirit-centered holistic institute - a yoga school. We are dedicated to improving the quality of life for all individuals by sharing the gifts of yoga, Ayurveda and integrative functional health with our communities and the world.

Yoga is about finding your personal path and purpose. It's a journey that uncovers your authentic truths to live a life fully present. Through daily practice and spiritual consciousness, you peel back the layers of fear, stress and conditioned habit patterns to find clarity, become aware, and revive your life. A life where you move beyond limited thinking to live in your highest truth, to discover your best self. It's time to start your personal path to mindfulness and become captivated with your life.

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